Highfields Remembered - Historical photographs of the streets of Highfields

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Sparkenhoe Street

A picture of a small building at the gate of a larger building

Hillcrest Hospital Lodge.

A picture of a row of terraced houses with a large hoarding on the gable end of the first house

The corner of Sparkenhoe Street and Gartree Street. Photographed before demolition in 1966

A picture of a row of various sized terraced houses

Houses in Sparkenhoe Street, between Upper Conduit Street and Gartree Street. Photographed 1966.

A picture of the back of a row of terraced houses with a large expanse of waste ground behind them

The rear of houses 3- 31 Sparkenhoe Street, opposite Hillcrest Hospital. photographed 1969

A picture of low rise building and high rise flats

Sparkenhoe Street 1994.

A picture of brick and cement low rise building with people standing outside

St Peters Health Centre, Sparkenhoe Street. Photographed 1994.

A picture of a large new building with a dome

Leicester Mosque, Sparkenhoe Street. Photographed 1994.

A picture of the corner of a large factory building. It has a number of broken windows and looks abandoned

Extract from the recollections of Dorothy Woodword: I spent my early childhood at 48 Sparkenhoe Street, long since gone and replaced by the house shown in this photo. I still clearly recall practically every detail of the light brick terraced house, with its neat front garden enclosed with iron railings and a strong iron gate. No electricity, gas on the ground floor, candles for upstairs lighting. At the top of the hill were several shops and also a row of shops at the lower end of the street, which had a very small living area behind the shop, a lean to kitchen and a communal yard. Dorothy Woodford 1997.

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